Measuring behavioral and social drivers of COVID-19 vaccination in health workers in Eastern and Southern Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2021, twenty out of twenty-one countries in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region introduced COVID-19 vaccines. With variable willingness to uptake vaccines across countries, the aim of the present study was to better understand factors that impact behavioral and social drivers of vaccination (BeSD). Using the theory-based "increasing vaccination model", the drivers Thinking & Feeling, Social Processes, Motivation, and Practical Issues were adapted to the COVID-19 context and utilized in a cross-country assessment.

Methods

Data was collected on 27.240 health workers in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and South Sudan. This was done by administering a survey of seven target questions via the UNICEF Internet of Good Things (IoGT) online platform bet

SUBMITTER: Bon HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10337050 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature